(http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii485/bigbob292/002-3.jpg)Some shots of new deflex/reflex bow ala Kennym. Made from aussie timbers, riser is Gidgee and black wattle. Unfortunately shots dont show figure in grain very well.
(http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii485/bigbob292/001-6.jpg). Came in at 45# @ 28''
(http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii485/bigbob292/010-3.jpg)Core wood is 'natural' and 'coffee' Aboo with the accent stripes along riser also natural 'boo.
(http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii485/bigbob292/009-2.jpg)cant do a 'money shot' as my hand is out of action couple weeks after miner op.
(http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii485/bigbob292/006-4.jpg)gidgee is a very hard and heavy timber which has many varieties. This is straight gidgee but ringed and purple gidgee can be spectacular. Unfortunately it is not really available on a commercial level mainly coming from small chainsaw mills. This bow is very smooth on the draw and very easy to shoot. It is cut well inside centershot due to our associations rules concerning bow design and classification, but it still shoots very straight.Hope you enjoy. Bob
I guess it's OK:)
Now don't go overboard Roy! :goldtooth: :biglaugh:
ok, I guess it's ok:)
Beautiful bow bigbob. There's some really nice wood down under.
Dave.
Nice looking bow!! What's the ntn length?
Looks great Bob!! Is that the 66"?
Sweet bow Bob, and yall have some funny named trees down under let me tell you.
thanks for the kind words fellas.Trux and Kenny it is 66NTN and that aint the half of it Kelly. Lots more tree with far more weirder names :) :)
Great job, mate ! Very nice wood combo.
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Andy
Sweet looking bow don't worry when Roy says I guess it's ok he's getting pretty old blind in one eye & can't see out out of the other.
Rob
Rob, don't make me come to Bedford County today:) It's only an hours drive son..
Nice job on that on. Those woods look great.
'sweet looking bow don't worry when Roy says I guess it's ok he's getting pretty old blind in one eye & can't see out of the other' :clapper: :biglaugh:
Nice bow Bob, I miss all the "funny names" of things back home. I'd like to see these yanks pronounce some of the country town names.
Didnt know you were an aussie! You mean names like kickatinnalong or wheelurbarraback! :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl: :biglaugh:
Very nice, glad to see someone using the amazing timbers Australia has to offer. I've got a bow with some purple gidgee in the riser, it's spectacular!
I 've been trying to source some purple gidgee and might have got on to some. Its a bit like osage, darkens with sun exposure only it goes purple.A lot of the desert timbers which are not commercially harvested are absolutely spectacular. One called minniritchie have beautiful 'fiddleback' but is harder to find than rocking horse droppings!
Bob, thinking more of the likes of Outabackabogabrie or even a simple one like Wollarawang and Woolamaloo. Where you from.
I lived in Turkey Foot when I was over there.
Not exactly a real crazy name for a town, but then again my dad just loves Intercourse, Pa.
Razor back I'm living on Sunshine Coast Qld. Get what you mean 'bout that town in Pa.Roy you jossing me? :confused: Haint never heard of a town over here by that name. :thumbsup:A lot of names here, at least ones that are hard to pronounce are derived from a corruption of native Australian language.
I'm serious Bob, there is a town called turkey foot over there.
I'm serious Bob, there is a town called turkey foot over there.
Yeah! Nice bow, bigbob. 2x what Kelly said.
Thanks red hill! Roy I'm gonna google that name when I get off here and see where its at! :) :) :goldtooth:
Back again. Think you been nibblin on some moonshine Roy. :D :D Googled for it on Place names Australia and come up with 5/8 of nothing. Did see a few places in US though in different states.
Ole Roy can't handle moonshine, but he could have been drowning in a bucket of Coors light. I hear that's pretty heady stuff, though I don't touch it myself. :)
Bob, Turkey foot is about 6 inches below his a$$ :)
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh: Roy we do have a town called Crow's Nest. Maybe the turkey got lonely and went there!